The Korean connection, Colombia in the korean war

[caption id="attachment_9615" align="alignnone" width="690"] President Lee Myung-bak (left) visits the Korean War memorial in Bogota, Colombia on...

Top stories of 2015: The odyssey of Natalia Springer

[caption id="attachment_9455" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Natalia Springer, expert analyst or scam artist?[/caption] Mike Mackenna explains how...

Top stories of 2015: Child Mortality in La Guajira – The Shame of the Nation

Mike Mackenna explains why, since at least 2008, thousands of children have died from preventable causes in the coastal department of La...

The tale of Don Jairo’s flat

[caption id="attachment_9097" align="alignnone" width="610"] Buying a property in Colombia is not always what it seems.[/caption] Gerald Barr...

2015 in numbers

Colombia has had a mixed 2015; the peace process has seen significant progress after a shaky few months, legislative elections took place throughout...

Cloning cards: Daylight robbery

[caption id="attachment_7795" align="alignnone" width="960"] Consumers have very little protection against bank fraud in Colombia[/caption] Barbara...

Chaos on Colombia-Venezuela border

[caption id="attachment_7734" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Venezuelan National Guard protecting the closed border at the Simón Bolívar...

Happy birthday Bogota!

On August 6, Bogota celebrated its 477th birthday and since it is a long wait until the city hits the big 500, we thought it was a good time to go...

Museum of forgetting

[caption id="attachment_7257" align="alignnone" width="610"] Luis Carlos Tovar – proyecto Santander amenaza ruina[/caption] Oliver Pritchard...

Schengen opens its doors

As Schengen countries sign off on visa-free access for Colombians and Peruvians, Daniel Steel speaks to the Spanish Consul General about what the...